Indigenous communities have relied on the ocean for millennia and still do to this day. Climate change, however, is making the ocean unpredictable, and poses a new and urgent challenge. Rising temperatures and sea levels threaten coastal communities and whalers or...
The Lower Cook Inlet wave buoy is now back up and providing critical wave data in real-time! The buoy was damaged beyond repair after going adrift early in the morning of May 26,2021 and needed to be replaced. AOOS asks all mariners in the lower Cook Inlet area to be...
The Lower Cook Inlet buoy onshore after going adrift on the morning of May 26, 2021. Photo Credit: Zech Bennett, C&C Diving and Salvage. The Lower Cook Inlet wave buoy is temporarily out of commission after going adrift early in the morning of May 26,2021. The...
Great news for Cook Inlet and Kachemak Bay mariners! The Lower Cook Inlet Wave buoy is back online! Offline since May due to dead batteries, the original buoy was successfully recovered by C&C Salvage on July 31, 2020, and a new upgraded buoy deployed on...
